New Leaf Doula Care

11/03/2022

𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 🤍

It’s well known pregnancy takes a toll on a woman’s body physically, but a lot of women also struggle mentally with the continuous changes going on with their bodies. Having a positive relationship with your pregnant body can be a very empowering experience.

How was your relationship with your pregnant body?

11/01/2022

ＯＡＴＭＥＡＬ ＢＡＴＨＳ 🛁

With the cold dry weather coming around you may notice your babies skin becoming more dry and sensitive. Eczema flare ups are quite common in babies and can cause them discomfort. Oatmeal baths are a natural and affordable way to sooth your babies itchy dry skin and ease inflammation.

Oatmeal baths are also great to soothe a diaper rash, baby acne and other skin ailments!

I blended 2 cups of oatmeal, 1/2 cup of Epson salts and a few drops of lavender oil ❤️

10/22/2022

During my postpartum recovery I had to relearn a lot of things as I recovered from my birth experience. I’m big on protecting my emotional well being but with raging hormones and body trauma, it wasn’t always easy. So I’ve put together some postpartum care tips to help others enhance their emotional health during their postpartum period ❤️

Childbirth is a major life event and it’s important that during the postpartum period, we’re not only taking care of our physical health but also our mental and emotional health. Protecting your emotional well being is important in our day to day life, but it’s essential during postpartum.

09/12/2022

Benefits of skin-to-skin 🤍 These are just a handful of the many benefits of skin-to-skin contact has for mom and baby. Isn’t it amazing what our bodies can do?! 😍

09/02/2022

𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑜 𝒮𝑒𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 🌻 As some of you know, I gave birth on July 27th to the most beautiful baby boy. This was a surrogacy journey for me! It was an absolutely incredible experience and something I will forever hold dear to my heart. I’ve spent the last couple months taking it easy while being heavily pregnant and now recovering from a traumatic birth. As a postpartum doula, I am excited to share some things I’ve learned all over again as I experience my 4th postpartum journey! ❤️

08/14/2022

05/13/2022

This is huge!! 👏🏻

The groundbreaking SIDS research found that a lack of a specific enzyme explains why some babies dies in their sleep.

05/08/2022

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 🌺

Happy Mother’s Day to all you beautiful mothers! I hope you love and appreciate yourself today for all you have done and continue to do for your families.

I know this day isn’t flowers and a big homemade breakfast for every woman. Today can be painful to some and it’s important we recognize and validate that. To the mom who lost her baby, to the mom who lost her own mom, to the mom struggling to raise her kids alone, to the new mom experiencing maternal mood disorders, to the mom painfully trying to grow her family and to any woman out there who is having a tough time celebrating today. Know you are seen and loved 🤍 Be gentle with yourself today!

05/04/2022

May is Maternal Mental Health Month with today being World Maternal Mental Health Day. We want to help raise awareness of maternal mental health issues so that more women will get treatment and fewer will suffer. We are stronger together!

04/27/2022

April 24 - 30 is National Infertility Week 🤍🌈

“Reproducing is a basic human right and when you take someone’s human rights away, loss and grief can take over.”

To all those struggling, please know there are amazing support groups and resources out there. You are not alone.

is a non profit organization with wonderful support groups available for anyone struggling with infertility, pregnancy and infant loss. Please support and check them out!


• Must watch TED talks about infertility and loss ❤️

https://youtu.be/6BBmMtVfZ4Y

https://youtu.be/nvp7NwzTID4

https://youtu.be/uufXWTHT60Y

03/27/2022

Doulas make a difference... Postpartum. There is some research that indicates that support during the postpartum period leads to improved maternal and child health and improved infant care practices. Families worldwide report improved healing after birth, improvement from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and more confidence in caring for their infant.
Doulas really DO make a difference!
Share your experience with us!

03/26/2022

Gas relief tips for newborns ❤️ love this video!

03/22/2022

💫 What is a Doula?

“A doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after childbirth (postpartum) to help her achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possible.

A doula is a professional pregnancy companion whose goal is to help families have a safe, healthy and positive labor experience. A birth doula assists during pregnancy, labor and childbirth. A postpartum doula, as the name implies, helps the family during the postpartum period, the first few weeks after the baby is born.”

Happy World Doula Week to all the birth workers and supporters around the world 💚 You make a difference

03/13/2022

Hi 👋🏻 I’m Victoria and I’m the face behind New Leaf Doula Care 🍃 Thank you all for the love and support!
I am a professionally trained postpartum doula working towards my certification! I am located in Devon AB and serve the southwest capital region. I have always felt passionate about helping others. I consider myself to be a very caring and compassionate person. Quickly after my first daughter was born, I became fascinated with pregnancy, childbirth and babies, so naturally becoming a doula seemed like a very fitting role for me. I am currently offering postpartum doula care, however I would love to venture into the labor doula world one day! I am now a mother of 3 wonderful daughters and currently a gestational surrogate to a baby boy! Having experienced the postpartum period 3 (soon to be 4) times myself, I am very experienced with the unique challenges we can face during the first few weeks-months after childbirth. The emotional ups and downs, possible mood disorders, physical pain, hormonal shifts, sore breasts, and sleepless nights all while trying to adjust and bond with your brand new baby. Bringing home your baby isn’t just an adjustment for mom, it’s an adjustment for the whole family. My goal is to make your postpartum period as relaxing, enjoyable and positive as I can for everyone! When we’re done our time together, I want you to feel confident, well rested, emotionally taken care of and ready to enjoy this precious time with your baby. 🥰

Along with emotional and physical support, I offer breastfeeding support, newborn care and assistance, evidence based resources, meal/snack prep, sibling care and light household upkeep. Whatever your family needs ❤️ Contact me and let’s get started on getting you set up for postpartum!

03/09/2022

I started making herbal sitz bath recipe bags for my clients ❤️ A herbal postpartum sitz bath is a great way to help soothe and heal your lady bits after childbirth. Herbal sitz baths can relieve pain, cleanse the perineum, reduce swelling and speed up the healing process. This is also a great way to get some self care in 😉 With lavender, calendula, rose, chamomile and Epson salts you get all the calming and healing benefits along with a beautiful relaxing scent to enjoy. I get all my herbs from my local metaphysical store 2Ravenz Jo is the BEST and I highly recommend checking out her lovely store!

To take a safe herbal sitz bath simply fill your clean bathtub with about 3 inches of warm or cold (𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩) water, just enough to cover your ge***al area. To stay extra warm you can wear a tshirt to cover your top half. For a more comfortable bottom, place a folded towel on the bottom of your tub to sit on. I recommend steeping the muslin recipe bag in hot water anywhere from 20 minutes to a few hours. The longer the better but whatever works for you! Let cool, then take your herb infused water and add it into your bath water. Sit and enjoy your bath for about 15-20 minutes, then gently pat dry. My surrobuddy is due in August and I can’t wait to try these out myself during my own postpartum journey! ☺️

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒛 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 🌸 𝑨𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 $10

03/08/2022

Thank you everyone for the support ❤️
I have always been passionate about pregnancy, birth and babies 👶🏻 My goal is to empower, educate and support new moms/dads during their postpartum journey. I offer physical and emotional support, newborn care & assistance, local updated resources, breastfeeding support, light household upkeep, sibling care and soon offering overnight care!

I completed my postpartum training and continue my certification process with CAPPA. If anyone is interested in the doula and birth education world, I highly recommend contacting them.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in the extra in home care & support from a postpartum doula, contact me today ❤️
I am located in Devon AB and also serve Edmonton, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Calmar and Beaumont ☺️

03/08/2022

Happy International Women’s day to our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, neighbours, friends, daughters and nieces everywhere! 💫

Having 3 daughters of my own, feminism is a big part of my life. I aspire to raise young women who know their voices are loud, their bodies are magic and their minds are powerful. Celebrate yourself and the women you love today 🤍